edited by John Elefteriades
Acute Aortic Disease source helps physicians effectively examine and evaluate affected individuals in clinical or emergency care settings.
Acute Aortic Disease contains cutting-edge insight on the latest biologic, radiologic, clinical, and surgical developments that have taken place in the field.
Contents
I. The Clinical Entities
- Classification of Aortic Dissection
II. Imaging and Diagnosis
- The Symptoms and Signs of Acute Aortic Dissection: Clinical Diagnosis of "The Great Masquerader"
- Imaging of Aneurysms and Dissections: Chest X-Ray, Echo, Computed Tomography, Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Putting It All Together: Symptoms, Signs, and Images
III. Imaging and Diagnosis
- Epidemiology: Incidence, Prevalence, and Trends
- Genetic Basis of Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms and Dissections
- Mechanical Properties of the Aorta
- Matrix Metalloproteinases in Aortic Aneurysm and Dissection
- Inflammation and Remodeling in the Thoracic Aorta
- Weight Lifting and Aortic Dissection
- Timing of Acute Aortic Events: How Does Dissection Pick a Date, Time, and Moment to Occur?
IV. Treatment of Acute Aortic Conditions
- The Natural History of Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms
- Treatment of Ruptured Aortic Aneurysms
- Acute Aortic Dissection: Anti-impulse Therapy
- Surgical Procedures: A Primer
- Endovascular Thoracic Aortic Stent Grafting in Acute Aortic Catastrophes
- Long-Term Suppressive Therapy: Clinical Reality and Future Prospects
V. Litigation in Aortic Aneurysm Disease
- Legal Considerations in Acute Aortic Diseases
VI. Systhesis
- The Key Lessons of This Book
Index
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